GER 308 Third Brake body built 1873

GER 308 Third Brake body built 1873This page is a part of the Herritage Railways Carriage Survey project and is hosted on the internet by The Vintage Carriages Trust (VCT), a volunteer body, based on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway in the United Kingdom. About the Trust: The Vintage Carriages Trust was formed in the late 1960s by a group of volunteers whose interest was in wooden bodied railway carriages. They could see that there was a need to concentrate on the preservation of these historic items which were in grave danger of disappearing due to the weather and vandalism damage and unsuitability for regular use on preserved railways of the day. The Trust became a Registered Charity in 1981 and a Registered Museum in 1992. The Collection held by the Trust is at present nine historic railway carriages, also three small industrial steam locomotives, and a collection of railway posters and other miscellaneous railway items. The Trust owns the Museum of Rail Travel at Ingrow - the first station from Keighley on the Worth Valley Railway. By three phases of building work over the last ten years this has developed into a large museum display and associated workshop, and is the Trust’s headquarters. Although the building is named a

GER 308 Third Brake body built 1873
GER 308 Third Brake body built 1873

 

Present Location East Anglian Railway Museum
Designed For GER
Built by Brown Marshalls
Diagram number 501
Type BTY
First Number 308
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement Body only
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets No
Additional Notes Withdrawn 6/1902, sold same month for £8. Underframe present - no wheels. P ca 1992. Proposed next restoration project - start year 2000.
Owner East Anglian Railway Museum
External Structural Condition Poor but Substantially Complete
Internal Structural Condition Derelict/Not Present
Underframe Condition Derelict/Not Present
External Finish Satisfactory
Internal Finish Poor and Incomplete
Degree of External Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of Internal Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of External Authenticity Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Poor but Substantially Complete
Rarity Few
Historical Importance of some Importance
Storage Open
Operating No
Survey Date 26/04/1997
Surveyor Paul Holroyd
Photo Date 28/07/2002
Photo by Byron Chamberlain
At Risk No


 

  





 

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